Former President Barack Obama poured on the praise for rapper Jay-Z at his Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction on Saturday.
“I’ve turned to Jay-Z’s …
Former President Barack Obama poured on the praise for rapper Jay-Z at his Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction on Saturday. “I’ve turned to Jay-Z’s words at different points in my life, whether I was brushing dirt off my shoulder on the campaign trail, or sampling his lyrics on the Edmund Pettus Bridge on the 50th anniversary of the Selma march to Montgomery,” Obama said at Jay-Z’s inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday. The former president appeared to be tuning into the event via livestream or a pre-recorded video, according to footage that was posted to social media. “Today Jay-Z is one of the most renowned artists in history and an embodiment of the American dream, a dream he has helped make real for other young people like him,” Obama continued. “So let me be one of the first to welcome home the kid from Marcy houses — as an official Rock and Roll Hall of Famer.
